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IQ test
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IQ tests online tend to be rubbish, unless accredited by Mensa.
cloud
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It sounds like they are using a pretty large bracket, which is pretty meaningless.
Did they tell you your IQ score though?
Did they tell you your IQ score though?
Barrel of Fun
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Did you do the actual test or just an 'IQ' test online?
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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that means you're a shade above average, which is 100.
IQ test are measures of how good you are at IQ tests, or rather psychometric tests which it probably was. they are not that usful for showing real intelligence, though they do form a base against which long term trends can be fairly reliably measured, once lots of wieghting is accounted for.
I just did this one - without spending more than a few second on each question - guessing where it wasn't obvious... and it said:
grubbyhands
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What's an IQ test?
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
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grubbyhands
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rogersix
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i'm only prepared to av a dip at questions set in the multiple guess format
[you'll have to do better than that.]
sydney
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I just did this one - without spending more than a few second on each question - guessing where it wasn't obvious... and it said:
innit...!!
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
My mum and I did the Mensa test many years ago and we were both eligible to join. She did, I didn't. As part of her membership she used to get a monthly magazine and I have never seen so many pretentious tossers as on the letters page (eg "dear sir, your incorrect use of the germanic umlaut in the past participle third person indicative of the verb fondenklinkerhausen is unforgivable").
I did the test without doing others first (this was long before the internet was widespread) but if you know the format, it's quite easy to practice and get a higher score.
I did the test without doing others first (this was long before the internet was widespread) but if you know the format, it's quite easy to practice and get a higher score.
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Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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IQ always seems an odd thing for people to use as a benchmark for how smart they are. I've done a few tests over the years (not Mensa, I lack the requisite pretentious gene) and I've always been happy with the results, but I would never consider myself to be a particularly smart guy. Similarly, I've known people score lower than I did, get disheartened, yet clearly be a sharper thinker than I've ever been.
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IQ stands for 'Intelligence Quotient' - although I'm not sure what that means. I once did the Mensa test and briefly joined the organisation, but like a previous poster, I found the monthly magazine such a load of twaddle that it really wasn't worth paying the subscription.
I'm not quite sure what IQ proves, either - according to Mensa, I have a higher IQ than both Sir Clive Sinclair and much higher than the late unlamented Jimmy Saville (both at some time prominent members), but I haven't had nearly as lucrative or successful life as they have / had (though I must at this stage point out that there are some of Saville's ''successes'' that I wouldn't want any part of)
I'm not quite sure what IQ proves, either - according to Mensa, I have a higher IQ than both Sir Clive Sinclair and much higher than the late unlamented Jimmy Saville (both at some time prominent members), but I haven't had nearly as lucrative or successful life as they have / had (though I must at this stage point out that there are some of Saville's ''successes'' that I wouldn't want any part of)